WHO WE ARE
Founding Members
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Office of the Mayor
Office of the District Attorney Office of Supervisor Carmen Chu San Francisco Department on the Status of Women San Francisco Human Rights Commission San Francisco Police Department San Francisco Department of Public Health San Francisco Adult Probation Department |
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach
Asian Women’s Shelter Because Justice Matters Freedom House Jewish Family and Children’s Services Jewish Coalition to End Human Trafficking Jewish Community Relations Council National Council of Jewish Women San Francisco New Israel Fund Not For Sale Prostitution Research and Education SAGE Project, Inc. |
History
SFCAHT was established in December 2009 as a result of an extensive government and nonprofit cross-sector convening initiated by the National Council of Jewish Women San Francisco Section and the Jewish Coalition to End Human Trafficking in collaboration with the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women, the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, and the San Francisco Mayor’s Office. The decision to create SFCAHT was made at a community forum organized by the convening task force and co-sponsored by Congresswoman Jackie Speier (Honorary Chair), San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, District Attorney Kamala Harris, Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, and Board of Supervisors’ President David Chiu. SFCAHT was launched with membership of over 20 government agencies and non-governmental organizations, representing the city, state and federal law enforcement, local government, community based and government service providers, advocacy and faith based groups, educators and legislators[1]. The innovative collaboration and its first month-long awareness campaign were announced at a press conference held on January 11, 2010 at City Hall in collaboration with the San Francisco Mayor, Board of Supervisors’ President, District Attorney and Police Chief. SFCAHT’s activities are planned at general meetings and furthered through the work of its committees.[2] SFCAHT’s action plans provide strategic guidelines for its activities, which have been carried out with staff support from the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women, San Francisco Human Rights Commission and National Council of Jewish Women San Francisco. The latter serves as SFCAHT’s coordinator and fiscal sponsor.
For the 6 years of its existence, SFCAHT has substantially increased the local community’s awareness of the issue of human trafficking and created a powerful relationship between the local policy and lawmakers and the rest of the stakeholders involved in the Bay Area anti-trafficking effort. Since 2010 SFCAHT has launched six annual anti-trafficking awareness campaigns, which included press conferences of top city, state and federal officials and law enforcement, selections of the annually presented Modern-Day Abolitionist awards, annual teen poster contests and series of coordinated events (this year 21). SFCAHT has been publishing and distributing to its members and partners a Campaign Calendar, Campaign Highlights and electronic newsletters. Between campaigns, SFCAHT has been holding conferences (most recently on child sex trafficking and labor trafficking), leadership retreats, trainings and legislative updates. SFCAHT’s successful collaboration has been replicated by other communities and presented at national and international forums as a good practice, most recently in March 2015 at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women’s 59 NGO Parallel Session in New York.
[1] San Francisco Department on Status of Women, San Francisco Human Rights Commission, San Francisco Mayor’s Office, Office of Supervisor Carmen Chu, San Francisco Police Department, District Attorney’s Office, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco Adult Probation Department, National Council of Jewish Women San Francisco Section, Jewish Family and Children Services, Jewish Community Relations Council, New Israel Fund, Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE) Project, Inc., Not for Sale, Asian Women Shelter, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach, Prostitution Research and Education, Freedom House, and Because Justice Matters
[2] Steering Committee, Governance Committee, Annual Awareness Campaign Committee, Public Policy Committee, Data Collection Subcommittee, Education Committee and Membership Committee
For the 6 years of its existence, SFCAHT has substantially increased the local community’s awareness of the issue of human trafficking and created a powerful relationship between the local policy and lawmakers and the rest of the stakeholders involved in the Bay Area anti-trafficking effort. Since 2010 SFCAHT has launched six annual anti-trafficking awareness campaigns, which included press conferences of top city, state and federal officials and law enforcement, selections of the annually presented Modern-Day Abolitionist awards, annual teen poster contests and series of coordinated events (this year 21). SFCAHT has been publishing and distributing to its members and partners a Campaign Calendar, Campaign Highlights and electronic newsletters. Between campaigns, SFCAHT has been holding conferences (most recently on child sex trafficking and labor trafficking), leadership retreats, trainings and legislative updates. SFCAHT’s successful collaboration has been replicated by other communities and presented at national and international forums as a good practice, most recently in March 2015 at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women’s 59 NGO Parallel Session in New York.
[1] San Francisco Department on Status of Women, San Francisco Human Rights Commission, San Francisco Mayor’s Office, Office of Supervisor Carmen Chu, San Francisco Police Department, District Attorney’s Office, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco Adult Probation Department, National Council of Jewish Women San Francisco Section, Jewish Family and Children Services, Jewish Community Relations Council, New Israel Fund, Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE) Project, Inc., Not for Sale, Asian Women Shelter, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach, Prostitution Research and Education, Freedom House, and Because Justice Matters
[2] Steering Committee, Governance Committee, Annual Awareness Campaign Committee, Public Policy Committee, Data Collection Subcommittee, Education Committee and Membership Committee